Communications Personals
Alphabet hires for Google Fiber/Webpass Dinni Jain, ex-Time Warner Cable, as CEO, Access ... Sam Black detailed to Senate Commerce Committee minority staff from Office of Management and Budget and working now with Space Subcommittee staff; past employers include Satellite Industry Association ... Wiley Rein re-adds Federal Election Commissioner Lee Goodman, named partner and member, Election Law & Government Ethics Practice, including working on free speech, effective Feb. 20; Goodman's last day at FEC is Feb. 16, spokeswomen for the agency and the law firm tell us ... AT&T moves Judy Dobies to director-general manager-national business for the Mid-Atlantic region ... WOW hires Nancy McGee, ex-Starz Entertainment, as chief marketing and sales officer.
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Selling California News Group and buying majority of BestReviews, tronc reorganizes Tribune Interactive, which will be led by reinstated executive Ross Levinsohn as CEO; Mickie Rosen president; Lewis D'Vorkin chief content officer; Ben Gerst chief technology officer; Mark Campbell leads digital subscriptions and marketing; and Rob Angel runs corporate and business development; an independent investigation found no wrongdoing by Levinsohn after the ex-Los Angeles Times publisher-CEO took unpaid leave amid a law firm review of allegations about his behavior (see 1801310040); sale includes the Los Angeles Times and The San Diego Union-Tribune to Patrick Soon-Shiong's Nant Capital for $500 million in cash and assumption of $90 million in pension liabilities.
Thin Film Electronics near-field communication firm names executive vice presidents: John McNulty, ex-Marin Software, for marketing; and Christian Delay promoted for software ... 8x8 artificial intelligence/machine learning appointments include Ali Arsanjani, ex-Deep Context, as vice president-AI and machine learning; and it hires Amelia Generalis, ex-Model N, as senior vice president-human resources and workplaces ... President Donald Trump nominating Jeffrey Nadaner, director of Marine Corps Brute Krulak Center for Applied Creativity, as assistant secretary of commerce, in charge of export enforcement ... MEF association for automated networks adds to board Aamir Hussain, CenturyLink.